Towel cabinet



Dec. 11,1923.

G. A. STEINER TOWEL CABINET Filed Oct. 22 1921 H/s ATTOHNE Y5 Patented Dec. 11, 1923.

UNITED TATES, PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE A. STEINER, OI SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, ASSIGNOB, BY HEQHE ABBIGNHEHTS, TO STEINER- SALES COMPANY, OI SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, A GOBPORATION 01' UTAH.

TOWEL CABINET.

' mama filed mm 22, 1921. Serial at. 509,580.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that- I, Gnonon A. S'rnINER, a citizen of the United States, resident of Salt'Lake City, county of Salt Lake, State of Utah, have invented certain 'new and useful Improvements in Towel Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

The object of'my invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive apparatus by means of which a roll of clean toweling can be dispensed and when used will be directed into a suitable receptacle in the lower portion of the cabinet.

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Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view showing the manner of using the cabinet. In the drawing, 2 represents the side walls of the cabinet, 3 the rear wall thereof, and 4 an opening in the front of the cabinet through which the towel is reached by the user. The towel is preferably dispensed from the upper portion of the cabinet and I here show a tube 5 on which the clean towel 6 is wound. Into this tube I insert a shaft or stick of wood or other suitable material 7, having a squared end 8 adapted to fit a correspondingly shaped cap 9 formed on a stud 10 which has hearings in the side wall of the cabinet and is provided at its outer end with a sprocket wheel 11. When this sprocket wheel is revolved, the shaft 7 will be revolved also, when the end of the shaft is fitted into the cap 9.. The other end of the shaft 7 is cylindrical, as-indicated at 12, and a pin 13 is fitted into a socket in the end of the shaft and yieldingly held therein by means of a spring 14:. The pin is disengaged from the shaft by means of a finger grip 15 mounted on the outer end thereof where it can be conveniently asped and pulled outwardly to release the pin from the shaft against the tension of the spring 14. Insteadof using the tube fitted so that it can not be revolved on the stick, the clean toweling may be wound on a rough round stick onggy be rectangular in cross sectlon or in such form that the roll of toweling will not be permitted to revolve on it but will be securely held until the gear connected with the shaft or stick is revolved.

panel 16' forms the front wall of the soiled towel compartment in the bottom of the cabinet and near the top of this panel -1 mount a roll 17 having a friction surface 18 which engages the loose towelfafter it has been used. The shaft 19 of this roll has a sprocket 20 connected by a chain 21 with the sprocket 11 so that both the clean towel roll and the soiled towel feed roll will be operated simultaneously to dispense the towel anddeliver the soiled portion thereof into the compartment in the bottom of the cabinet. The sprocket chain 21 forms a positive drive between the rolls and as it is essential that the feed roll 19 revolve inwardly, it is necessary to mount the clean towel roll so that the loose end thereof will be at the back of the cabinet, as indicated in Figure 3, otherwise it will be necessary to twistthe beltand this, of course, is not possible with a sprocket chain. However, the user can easily reach the clean towel .within the cabinet, draw it forward for use and as he pulls down to revolve the clean towel roll, the soiled section will be fed inwardly and deposited in the bottom of the soiled towel compartment.

I claim as my invention:

1. 'A towel cabinet comprising a casing, a shaft having bearings in the upper portion of said casing, the bearing at one end of said shaft having a sprocket wheel thereon, a

soiled towel feed roll journaled in the bearings in said casing and provided with a sprocket, a drive chain connecting the sprocket of said shaft with said feed roll, a clean towel roll carried bysa'id shaft to revolve therewith, said roll having a web thereon positioned and wrapped to bring the free web end to the rear of thecasin closely adjacent the rear wall thereof, an an opening being provided between said clean towel roll and said feed roll for access to said loose end, and said feed roll turning inwardly and en aging the soiled portion of the towel and elivering it within said casing.

2. A towel cabinet comprising a casing, a shaft journaled in bearings in the upper portion of said casing, a tube fitting said shaft and held against revolution thereon, a

' soiled towel falling throu h said 0 enin clean towel roll mounted on said tube to re Volve with said shaft and having a web of towellin rolled thereon provided with a loose ent depending within said casing, said loose end depending closely adjacent the rear wall of the casing, a soiled towel feed roll mounted within said casing and having a drive belt connection with said towel roll shaft for turning said feed roll inwardly, and said feed roll having a surface for contactin with the soiled portion of the towel and delivering it to the lower portion of said casing.

3. .A towel cabinet comprising a casing, a clean towel roll mounted in the upper portion of said casing, a web of towelling Wound thereon in such manner as to have a free outer end depending closely adjacent the rear wall of the casing, the lower portion of said casing having a chamber for the loosely therein, the front of said casing having an opening through which the user may grasp the loose end of the clean towel and pull it outwardly a feed roll mounted in the lower portion 0? said opening adjacent the front wall of said soiled towel chamber, said feed roll being comparatively remote from said clean towel roll to provide an unobstructed space between them to grasp and use the clean towel, a driving connection between said clean towel roll and .said feed roll, whereby the pull of the user on the clean towel will operate to revolve said feed roll and feed the soiled portion of the towel inwardly to said chamber.

4. A. towel cabinet comprising a casing having a chamber in the lower ortion to receive the loose end of the soiled towel, a clean towel roll mounted in the upper portion of said casing and having a tube on which the towel is wound, a web of towelling Wound thereon in such manner as to have a free outer end depending closely adjacent the rear wall of the casing, a stick fitting therein having a driving connection at one end, a spring pressed pln engagin the opposite end of said stick, a feed to I having a friction surface mounted above and near said soiled towel chamber at the front of the cabinet,said feed roll being comparatively remote from said clean towel roll and there being an unobstructed space between them through which the user may reach and gras the clean towel to pull it forwardly throng said opening, said feed roll being operated through said driving connection when the user applies a pull to the towel web, the revolution of said feed roll moving the web of soiled towel inwardly and directing it to said soiled towel chamber.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this seventeenth da of October, 1921.

GEORG A. STEINER. 

